NCAA Wrestling Data1928–2026

1935 NCAA Championships

135 lb

Champion Vernon Sisney, Oklahoma.Original bracket sheet ↗

All-Americans

  1. 1Vernon SisneyOU
  2. 2Ralph RasorOKST
  3. 3George HanksSWOK
  4. 4Harold SlateTUFT

Second place was decided in a separate bout after the final. The runner-up won, so the wrestlers he had beaten wrestled back for 3rd place.

Connected 1935 135-pound bracket

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Championship

Consolation

Championship

Opening round · 0 bouts

16 byes into the round of 16

    Round of 16 · 8 bouts

    1. Archie Witt Jr., Virginia Military over Dick Campbell, Kansas State — Fall 6:58 · View bout
    2. Frank Horner, Franklin & Marshall (PA) over Paul Curtis, Temple (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    3. George Hanks, Southwestern Oklahoma over Art Frye, Army (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    4. Keith Bueghly, Northern Iowa over Lewis Morgan, Rochester Tech (NY) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    5. Ken Carpenter, Illinois over Jack Light, Penn State — Fall 7:13 · View bout
    6. Ralph Rasor, Oklahoma State over Harold Slate, Tufts (MA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    7. Robert Larson, Iowa over Bill Conrad, Lehigh (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    8. Vernon Sisney, Oklahoma over Roland Skinner, Haverford (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Quarterfinal · 4 bouts

    1. George Hanks, Southwestern Oklahoma over Frank Horner, Franklin & Marshall (PA) — Dec (no score) · View bout
    2. Ken Carpenter, Illinois over Keith Bueghly, Northern Iowa — Fall 3:43 · View bout
    3. Ralph Rasor, Oklahoma State over Archie Witt Jr., Virginia Military — Fall 4:20 · View bout
    4. Vernon Sisney, Oklahoma over Robert Larson, Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Semifinal · 2 bouts

    1. Ralph Rasor, Oklahoma State over Ken Carpenter, Illinois — Fall 9:03 · View bout
    2. Vernon Sisney, Oklahoma over George Hanks, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout

    Final · 1 bout

    1. Vernon Sisney, Oklahoma over Ralph Rasor, Oklahoma State — Dec TA 1:32 · View bout

    Consolation

    Consolation round 4 · 0 bouts

    2 byes into the consolation round 5

      Consolation round 5 · 2 bouts

      1. Harold Slate, Tufts (MA) over Archie Witt Jr., Virginia Military — Dec (no score) · View bout
      2. Robert Larson, Iowa over Roland Skinner, Haverford (PA) — Fall 3:59 · View bout

      Consolation semifinal · 2 bouts

      1. George Hanks, Southwestern Oklahoma over Robert Larson, Iowa — Dec (no score) · View bout
      2. Harold Slate, Tufts (MA) over Ken Carpenter, Illinois — Dec (no score) · View bout

      Placement bouts

      2nd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. Ralph Rasor, Oklahoma State over George Hanks, Southwestern Oklahoma — Dec (no score) · View bout

      3rd-place bout · 1 bout

      1. George Hanks, Southwestern Oklahoma over Harold Slate, Tufts (MA) — Dec (no score) · View bout